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Permalink Reply by Bluefield on July 22, 2011 at 2:03pm

Three pet peeves:

Receiving "K", instead of OK in a text message, adults who make hearts with their fingers, and the fact that our local football club thinks it's reasonable to charge $800 for registration and "fees" just so my 12yr old can kick a ball around.  

 

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Permalink Reply by William C. Walker on July 22, 2011 at 9:36pm

Don't you have a third finger on your left hand ?

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Permalink Reply by Jim Minion on July 22, 2011 at 7:23pm

Becky you are leading a very good life! LOL

My pet peeve are the mega rich paying an effected tax rate of 12 to 15% here in the US.

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Permalink Reply by Unseen on September 11, 2011 at 3:38am

@Becky   I would construe "Guess what" less literally than you. I would look at the actual meaning as something like "What do you think about it?" rather than the imperative "Take a guess."

 

The rule for determining I or me in cases like you mentioned is to remove the other person. So, a photo labled Kelly and Me would be wrong. Kelly and I would be correct. Also, "me" and "he" and "she" function with adjectives like "to," "with," "near," and "from."

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on September 12, 2011 at 2:38am

Yeah, I go often by the inflection you would use with phrases like "Guess what?" even though my inner grammar hound wants to follow rules, rules, rules.  It's rather like you would see if you were writing a novel.  I suppose different styles would be appropriate in difference circumstances.

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on September 12, 2011 at 6:33pm

Yes! I have tried to explain to people that you have to remove the other person, but they don't quite grasp what I am saying. I may not know how to explain it well, I just know how to do it lol.

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Permalink Reply by Beth on September 11, 2011 at 5:26pm

    Biggest pet peeve I kid you not is when I am at the newstand and am buying six newspapers from here in the states and western Europe and someone asks me 'what are you going to do with all those newspapers?'  My comeback is 'read them'.  What else would I do with them? Or the time I was at the library checking out eight books and someone asked me why I read so much.

     But its the fact I am very very very well read on theological issues and know Latin, Greek, Hebrew (thanks to a convent boarding school and literate parents) and will have to correct someone who says the Bible says this or that, but the person doesnt know that in the Greek or Hebrew words can have very different meanings.

     Or someone who doesnt know what a theist is. And thinks an atheist is the same as communist. Just because I have read that Hitler was a vegetarian doesnt mean all vegetarians are Nazi's.

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Permalink Reply by John Benedict on September 11, 2011 at 8:18pm

Grown men who say titties. Come on, say tits...you know you want to. Also Boobies, mellons, garbonzoes, jugs, hooters or birlas. Show me your birlas just doesn't have the same ring to it.

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Permalink Reply by Mallory on September 11, 2011 at 9:47pm

My pet peeve is when my boyfriend refers to my breasts as "tits". Hearing "tits" come out of his mouth makes him very unattractive. 

 

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Permalink Reply by scLovely on September 12, 2011 at 6:36pm

I don't think I really like to hear "tits" or "titties" come from a guys mouth. I don't mind, however, to hear words like "cunt", "snatch", or "pussy" that so many women get offended by. I actually use "cunt" frequently.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew on September 11, 2011 at 8:40pm

Any time at all when people ignore scientific fact and discard it as nonsense

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Permalink Reply by Kairan Nierde on September 12, 2011 at 2:49am

--When I've set someone in checkmate, absolutely obliterated their argument, shown that any other position but my own is laughably erroneous and to preserve their pride they pretend like none of it just happened.  You can't ignore reality, create facts, and lie about something I just proved less than 30 seconds ago.  What is wrong with you!!!!?     

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